- Home form: East Fife have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 8 of their 17 home games in League One 2025/2026.
- Away form: Inverness Caledonian Thistle have won 8, drawn 6 and lost just 3 of their 17 away games in League One 2025/2026.
- Scoring: East Fife are averaging just 1.06 goals per game at home in League One 2025/2026.
Counter vs control: styles clash at the top
The league table shows there is a gap between Inverness Caledonian Thistle and East Fife in League One 2025/2026 with the champions-elect on 65 points from 34 games and the hosts 8th on 34 points from the same number of games.
Both teams have improved recently with the Fife outfit taking one win and one draw from their last two at home, while ICT have two wins and two draws from their last five.
With the top scorer for East Fife being Andrew Munro with six in 32 games in League One, the visitors are likely to be the bigger threat in this one.
- The Fife club have failed to win their last home meeting against Inverness CT and the gap between the sides has grown in the past two months.
- ICT are top of the standings and East Fife are eighth, following the hosts’ 2-1 win over Peterhead and ICT’s 2-0 victory against the same opposition in their most recent matches.
- Alfie Stewart has scored two of ICT’s last five goals, while Sam Culbert has hit two in East Fife’s last five.
Inverness CT can win again
Recent meetings
ICT won both of the last two meetings between these clubs, including a 3-0 home win two months ago in League One 2025/2026.
Tactical approaches
Dick Campbell, appointed as manager in February 2024, has set up his side to be compact and pragmatic - playing with a defence-first attitude, frustrating the opposition and looking to punish them on the break or at set-pieces.
Scott Kellacher’s ICT are at the other end of the spectrum in terms of philosophy and have dominated the league with a flexible, control-based approach.
Betting and stats
Backing the away side to win at 1.42 looks the best play here, given their superior form and the head-to-head record.
Both teams to score (1.85) and over 2.5 goals (1.7) may also be on the cards here, given the attacking threat ICT bring to the table and Chanka Zimba’s ability to be a threat in the box.
Inverness CT have scored 21 goals in 17 away matches, which is good form for a side with a control-based philosophy and this has to be the value bet for this game.
